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SageTV Acquisition Could Aid Fledgling Google TV With Potential DVR-Style Devices

3:00AM June 20, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Google’s not saying much about it, but one can’t help but think the company’s late-week acquisition of open-source home theatre and DVR software developer SageTV is related to its struggling Google TV offering. More »


Gadgets

This Car DVR Is Worth Ten Traffic Lawyers

10:00AM January 29, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Planes have black boxes to record the vitals of an incident. About time cars had something similar, no? Enter the Car DVR, your fool-proof way to put the blame on the other guy. Assuming, you know, it’s his fault. More »


Entertainment

Hands On With Beem, The Social Network-Savvy Online DVR

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11:39AM January 28, 2011 | Nick Broughall

We’ve been looking forward to seeing what IPTV solution the guys at Juno Interactive would launch since the middle of last year. Now it’s finally here – it’s called Beem, it’s still in beta, and we’ve been testing it out for a couple of weeks now. And our initial reaction is mixed. More »


Entertainment

TiVo Will Record Those FTA 3D Broadcasts

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4:27PM May 26, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Just in case you were wondering, TiVo have confirmed that their DVR will record the new trial 3D TV channel that’s showing the State of Origin tonight and certain World Cup matches in a few weeks. More »


TiVo Premiere QWERTY Remote Requires ANOTHER Dongle

10:56AM March 3, 2010 | Mark Wilson

When we saw Vizio’s gargantuan QWERTY remote at CES, we knew a new era was upon us. Now TiVo debuts their premium QWERTY remote slider and, yes, the day in which you change the channel with a Sidekick has come. More »


Entertainment

Apple Patent Shows iPods Capable Of Receiving, Recording Live TV

12:13AM January 16, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Could Apple’s next-gen iPods be able to receive and record a TV signal? If you think that’s more suited to an iPod touch, guess again – as these unearthed patents reveal a Classic is also being considered. More »


Entertainment

DVR List Provides A Who’s Who Of Underrated TV Shows

11:06AM December 12, 2009 | Brian Barrett

Nielsen’s list of the top 10 “time-shifted” prime time TV shows takes stock of whose ratings benefited the most from DVR in 2009. What do they have in common? They’re all the shows you keep begging your friends to watch. More »


Entertainment

FCC: Whoops, CableCARD Was A Total Disaster

8:44AM December 5, 2009 | Brian Barrett

Yesterday the FCC admitted that CableCARD—a system originally designed to open up the market for video content—is a failure. Here’s what they’re doing to fix it. More »


Entertainment

You Don’t Need A TiVo Anymore

7:00AM November 27, 2009 | Jason Chen

This chart of TiVo’s slipping subscriber numbers may be surprising, seeing as TiVo is the television recording device (and it’s so good), but it’s something we’ve seen coming for a while. We love you TiVo, but you’re fast becoming obsolete. More »


Entertainment

Sezmi Takes Big Step Towards Delivering All-In-One TV Solution

9:19AM November 17, 2009 | Sean Fallon

It’s been over a year since we last heard from Sezmi — the company that promises to deliver Americans a complete internet and broadcast entertainment solution through one set-top box — but new developments indicate that this project is alive, well and on the way. More »